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Table 1

g-factors for breasts simulated with PMMA (based on Dance et al., 2000, 2009, 2011).

Thick.
PMMA
(mm)
Equivalent breast thickness
(mm)
Breast glandularity (%) g-factors (mGy/mGy)HVL (mm Al)
0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80
20 21 97 0.889 0.895 0.903 0.908 0.912 0.917 0.921 0.924 0.928 0.933 0.937
30 32 67 0.940 0.943 0.945 0.946 0.949 0.952 0.953 0.956 0.959 0.961 0.964
40 45 41 1.043 1.041 1.040 1.039 1.037 1.035 1.034 1.032 1.030 1.028 1.026
45 53 29 1.109 1.105 1.102 1.099 1.096 1.091 1.088 1.082 1.078 1.073 1.068
50 60 20 1.164 1.160 1.151 1.150 1.144 1.139 1.134 1.124 1.117 1.111 1.103
60 75 9 1.254 1.245 1.235 1.231 1.225 1.217 1.207 1.196 1.186 1.175 1.164
70 90 4 1.299 1.292 1.282 1.275 1.270 1.260 1.249 1.236 1.225 1.213 1.200
80 103 3 1.307 1.299 1.292 1.287 1.283 1.273 1.262 1.249 1.238 1.226 1.213

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